Soon to be the first Greased Priest.

So I have a LLM read a book and paraphrase its contents, that’s not stealing?

In other news: we have lawyers to protect our copyrights, you don’t. Suck it.

That’s a lot of wheels. I’d hate to have to inflate all those tires.

Maybe a better approach would be to distribute the gifts equally amongst the justices. That way they could all graft equally. Equal graft under the law!

He didn’t even have to hide gold bars in his underwear like Menendez.

If you want to see what that would be like, watch this scene from the movie “Nixon” (1995).

https://youtu.be/TxCqOw5_4oE

Though your brother’s bound and gagged And they’ve chained him to a chair Won’t you please come to Chicago Just to sing

In a land that’s known as freedom How can such a thing be fair Won’t you plaese come to Chicago For the help we can bring

We can change the world - Re-arrange the world It’s dying - to get better

— Chicago, CSNY

What makes Bannon so sure he would be one to benefit from a second Trump presidency? He could just as well be persecuted. Trump shows no allegiance to anyone and is happy to throw his supporters under the bus when expedient.

The only real question left in this war is: if Putin orders a nuclear strike, will he be obeyed?

Especially if you have a media empire that is useful to discredit those opposing your invasion.

Yup, this is really maximize shareholder value. I can totally see this teambuilding event doubling dividends. Wait? You said the company never pays dividends and rarely buys back its stock? Wow, I am really seeing those profits!

Does that mean Germany will have the exotic negative energy that makes constructing a wormhole possible?

I don’t get it, I would prefer my own Private Idaho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXmnmvDl-ao

Just remember, when it comes to baby Jesus, if you’re not first, you’re last.

Ricky Bobby approves.

The Russians have nuclear submarines. No amount of bellicose bravado will blunt the sting of those.

Nuclear war is a very real possibility. If Putin becomes desperate enough, he will try to go to the very edge of brinksmanship. In this situation, with launch on warning, any perceived provocation could rapidly escalate. As the fear of a preemptive strike increases, so does the probability of a preemptive strike. Rationality gives way to fear. This is the logic and danger of brinksmanship: that the more you rely on it, the more likely it is to escalate out of control before one side backs down.

This is Enron-scale manipulation. Someone’s ripping off the public and making a mint with the help of the regulators.

I guess they’ll have to shut down their bootstrap-pulling engines for awhile.